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What's on in Sweden: August 1st – 7th. Europride climaxes in Stockholm, Way Out West in Gothenburg and Propagandhi in Malmö.

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Stockholm Pride and Europride 2008 Parade

Stockholm Pride comes to its climax this weekend with perhaps the biggest party of the city's entertainment calender - the Pride Parade. 60,000 people joined the 2007 Pride Parade and some 500,000 lined the route - this year will be no different, so go get your glad rags on and join in the fun.

Price: Free of charge

Location: Starts on Engelbrektsgatan and winds its way through the city to Ringvägen.

Monday jazz in one of Stockholm's most wonderful cafés. Tucked in the greenery behind Hornstull, Lasse i Parken (Lars in the park) is a lush oasis away from the Stockholm bustle. Full meals are available.

Way Out West is Gothenburg's music festival highlight of the year. The festival hosts rock, indie, and alternative acts from both Sweden and the international scene. This year welcomes acts such as the Buzzcocks, Franz Ferdinand, Neil Young and Sweden's current superstar-in-the-making, Lykke Li.

The two-day festival is held in Slottsskogen, a large beautiful park in the centre of Sweden's second city.

Continuing last week's theme of offbeat sports - a host of the world's leading skateboarders will descend on Gothenburg's city park, Slottskogen, to challenge for the world championship in skateboard slalom this weekend.

One of Canada's most influential and talked about punk bands comes to Lund's Mejeriet on Saturday.

The band released their first album, 'How To Clean Everything', in 1993. The band is known for its sharp satire and for holding long political monologues between songs. But don't let that put you off, the band adds new fans to the cause each time they play.

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